---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the behavioral health needs of inmates."
description: "Relating to the behavioral health needs of inmates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1470"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1470 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3c034eb-a0b6-48c4-833e-125e3c766bb5"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1470.html"
source_hash: "503273997bf1c5651be1c0a9b14e52ca8df33620626d1d42ecbf3f4a5299aed1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1470 (67) — Relating to the behavioral health needs of inmates.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0991-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0991-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0991-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Buffalo — cosponsor (person)
- Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Ista — cosponsor (person)
- Mathern — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Schneider — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Received from House
- **2021-02-23** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Returned to House
- **2021-04-06** Signed by President
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3c034eb-a0b6-48c4-833e-125e3c766bb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).